Oktoberfest Celebration at Blind Tiger Brewery
The Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant is having a Pop-Up Oktoberfest Celebration! Our Oktoberfest will be celebrated Friday September 24th through Sunday October 3th. That's 10 days of German Beer, German Food, German Decorations, Servers in Dirndls, and German Music!
Wrap your lips around one of five authentic, delicious German Beer Styles on tap, all brewed right here in Topeka at the award winning Blind Tiger Brewery.
Oktoberfest
Maibock
Capital City Kölsch
Sunflower Seed Lager
Kansas Grown Helles
All served in multiple sizes of traditional German glassware, including the one liter Masskrug stein served in Munich, plus the Germen Glass Beer Boots!
Featuring German Food Specials, including:
Pork Schnitzel - pork chop pounded thin, hand breaded cooked to golden brown
German Bratwurst - boiled in Blind Tiger Beer
Giant German Soft Pretzels - with Brewmaster's Mustard or Beer Cheese Dip
Beer Cheese Soup - with Ham and Bacon
German Potato Salad - traditional recipe, served hot
German Chocolate Cake - house made and rich
Celebrate German heritage and have fun. Come to the Blind Tiger Brewery. Bavarian decorations. Servers in Dirndls (Traditional German Dresses). Taste beer and food from the old country.
The whole Blind Tiger Brewery is your Biergarten!
When we tap the first keg of Blind Tiger Oktoberfest Beer to begin the celebration you will hear the traditional Bavarian cry: "O'zapft Is!" meaning, "It is Tapped!"
We are taking steps to insure everyone is safe.
At the Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant keeping our customers and employees safe is our top priority. We are taking many steps to make that happen. From food safety, to health and hygiene, to cleaning and sanitation - We Are On It!
1. We have always had cleaning practices that go above and beyond. Now we have ramped them up even more.
2. All surfaces that customers and employees touch are cleaned and sanitized many times each day. This includes door handles, doors and door frames, bar and counter, all surfaces in restrooms, hand rails, menus, check presenters, salt & peppers, and everything we can think of.
3. Every table is cleaned with detergent plus sanitizer between customers.
4. Chairs, including backs and arms, are wiped down with sanitizer between customers.
5. Our dish washing and glass washing machines have cycles with very hot water, and detergent, and sanitizer.
6. All our kitchen staff wear gloves at all times and change them often.
7. We have hand sanitizer available many places for your convenience.
8. All employees are asked to wash their hands or use hand sanitizer after cleaning anything, and between customers, and after touching their face or hair, and at least every hour. We have eight hand-washing stations accessible to the staff.
9. We ask staff members to stay home if they have any symptoms or are waiting for test results.
10. We evaluate every employee every day and send them home if they have any symptoms.
We’re doing everything in our power to provide a safe experience. Come see us at the Blind Tiger Brewery for great beer and delicious food. Thank you for your patronage.
Oktoberfest in September?
Oktoberfest is synonymous with beer, pretzels, all things German, and October. But did you know that most of Oktoberfest takes place in September?
It wasn't always that way. The first Oktoberfest was held in the year 1810 to celebrate the marriage of Crown Prince (later King) Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. The giant party was held just outside the Munich city gates. Running from October 12th to 17th, the jubilant party was full of food, beer, parades, music, and horse racing. The Prince challenged all the breweries in town to make their best beer for the event.
After such a spectacular party the happy couple decided that the same type of festival should be continued annually. The party grew each year with new attractions such as carnival booths, swings, and bowling alleys. Oktoberfest became such a popular festival that Munich city leaders pushed the starting date into September to capitalize on the longer days and warmer weather.
Each year the mayor of Munich kicks off the huge festival by using a big wooden mallet to tap the first giant wooden cask of beer with the great announcement, "O’zapft Is!" meaning, in the Bavarian dialect, "It Is Tapped!" The Minister-President of Bavaria gets the first beer. The next event is a parade of all the leading brewers of Munich.
These days, Oktoberfest in Munich begins the third weekend in September and ends the first Sunday in October. This year the dates in Munich would have been September 17th through October 3rd. Up to seven million people participate.
Now Oktoberfest is celebrated all over the world on somewhat differing dates, but always late September and early October.
About the Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant
We are a Brewpub, meaning we are both a Craft Brewery and a Family Restaurant under one roof. Some come for the food and stay for the beer, some come for the beer and stay for the food.
Our Beer: The Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant is the oldest and largest Craft Brewery in Topeka, and is the first brewery in Topeka since the end of prohibition. The Blind Tiger Brewery brews and sells about 1,400 barrels of world class Craft Beer each year, which is about 360,000 glasses of beer consumed each year by a thirsty city!
The Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant has been brewing and serving great fresh local Craft Beer at 37th St. and Kansas Ave. in Topeka since May 1st of 1995. The Blind Tiger Brewery has won 22 National and International awards making it the most awarded brewery of any size within hundreds of miles!
There are at least 20 great tasting Craft Beers on tap at the Blind Tiger Brewery at any given time. No matter what your taste in beer you can happily satisfy your thirst at the Blind Tiger Brewery. Our selection of fresh, local Craft Beer goes from light to dark, from mild to strong, and from malty to hoppy. That’s why we say “Beer Brewed for Every Mood.” The Blind Tiger Brewery was voted Best Brewery in Best-of-Topeka 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. Please see our award list attached.
Our Restaurant: The Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant is a full-service family-dining restaurant with a large, delicious menu featuring Steak, Pasta, Seafood, and Barbeque. Seating over 300 diners, the Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant is the largest locally owned and operated restaurant in Topeka. Because of our broad menu we are able to please almost any palate.
Our kitchen makes everything from scratch! Some of our well known and appreciated dishes are:
100% Kansas Beef! Hand-Cut USDA Choice Steaks flame grilled with our own special seasoning
Bar-be-que Brisket
Bar-be-que Burnt Ends
Bar-be-que Pulled Pork
Giant Stuffed Mushrooms
Giant Chicken Strips from the Tenderloin
Chicken Fried Steak
100% Kansas Beef Half-Pound Burgers
We strive to provide top notch, friendly, attentive customer service. We are open 11:00 am to 11:00 pm Sunday through Thursday, and 11:00 am to Midnight Friday and Saturday. A small Topeka company, serving wonderful food, staffed and owned by Topekans, serving over 700 meals each day to happy people from Topeka and beyond.
